True or False Quiz
- 1.Horyuj existed more than 1,300 years ago, during the Asuka Period.
- 2.Yakusi Nyorai Buddha statue located on the western side of the room in the temple's Main Hall.
- 3.The emperor Yomei vowed to build a temple and an image of a Buddha as a form of prayer for his own recovery from honor.
- 4.Ikaruga Temple was named of the empress.
- 5.Horyuji is Temple of the Flourishing Law of Buddhism.
- 6.Horyuji boasts an illustrious 14 centuries of continuous observance of tradition since established by Yakusi Nyorai.
- 7.Today, Horyuji is composed of the Western Precinct (Saiin Garan).
- 8.Horyuji is centered around the Five-Story Pagoda (Goju-no-To) and the Main Hall (Kondo), and the Eastern Precinct (Toin Garan), which is arranged around the Hall of Visions (Yumedono).
- 9.Horyuji contains over 2,300 important cultural and historical structures and articles, including nearly 190 that have been designated as local Treasures or Exportant Cultural Properties.
- 10.In December of 1993,Horyuji, as a unique storehouse of world Buddhist culture, became the second treasure of any kind in Japan to be selected by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage.
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